so I've got a pair of black snowflake clowns and they've been together in the same tank for probably 6 months now. Neither one showed much aggression towards each other until about a week and a half ago. I know its normal for the big one to be aggressive towards the small one when they're working out which one is going to be the female but now the big one has really been going pretty hard on the smaller one. Just about every fin on the small one is ripped and I've been reading that the sure way to tell if they're both female is when they lock their jaws together. I saw a video of two clowns doing this on youtube and mine are not locking jaws but the little one has been standing its ground and they will just stare at each other for a couple seconds each time with their faces very close to each other and then sometimes it looks like their faces touch for a split second but there has certainly been no locking of their jaws. The little one has been doing the shuttering towards the big one a decent amount too and i even saw the big one doing it towards the small one a couple times as well.
My question is does this sound like normal behavior or could they both be females? and another one will they for sure lock jaws with each other if they're both females or is there a chance that they wouldn't lock their jaws together?
thanks in advance for any help
My question is does this sound like normal behavior or could they both be females? and another one will they for sure lock jaws with each other if they're both females or is there a chance that they wouldn't lock their jaws together?
thanks in advance for any help